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Like a wooer and a husband
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Like a wooer and a husbandI devote myself to your faithsince being a husband does not implya courtly surrender.Like a wooer I pursue your lovebecause I wish to meritthe privileges of a husbandthough I…

Contributor:

Abraham Gómez Silveira

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

First Half of the 18th Century

Subjects:

Love, Women, Marriage, Conversion, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

Literature, Popular Poetry, Poetry
If we sang praises to the Lord
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If we sang praises to the Lord Every day with as much care As He takes in giving us joy And in showing His favor in every part of our lives, Then our suffering would not be relentless And no great…

Contributor:

Leonor de Carvajal

Places:

Spanish Empire (Mexico City, Mexico)

Date:

End of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Poetry, Women, Inquisition, Diaspora, Piety

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Popular Poetry